[spoiler]I really liked the original, but when I found out the remake has the climactic chase take place in Los Angeles I figured they would totally botch it. (It’s called The Italian Job for a reason, idiots; Hello!?) I may have to catch it, but it still sounds like it’s going to be missing something.
I have a question for those who have seen it. In the orignal, the minis are driving through a pipeline on their way out of Turin. I’ve heard a rumor that during rehearsals one of the stunt drivers managed to do a barrel roll inside the pipe, but they tried it with the cameras rolling and he put the car on its roof. Please tell me they did it in the remake.[/spoiler]
I agree! I loved this movie. It was just so much fun, especially Seth Green’s part. I don’t care that some parts weren’t “logical,” it made me happy for a couple of hours.
Oh, I don’t know that he was tortured. I like to think of him just squashed into a cube of formerly-automotive metal. Could be quick and relatively painless, surely a more humane ending than Steve designed for his former partners!
I just have to say that I saw this movie on Sunday, and then went out to the parking lot to my brand new MINI Cooper and I have had a really hard time since then not driving like a complete maniac. I hate it when people do things just cause they saw them in a movie. But, damn it, I wanna drive my car through subway tunnels and down a flight of stairs.
not a big fan of remakes, especially of movies which are classics. but that said i was very interested in what they were going to do with this one as it is a fav of mine.
unfortunately the film was always going to use the new minis, i know this, its just i find them to be an abomination, so i dont think i can sit through a 2 hour commerical for them.
The original was one of my favorite pre-teen movies ever. What was the name of the stunt driver that did the stunts? He was in the opening scene of the car going real fast into the tunnel and then pancaking into a big ass tractor blade…Anyone?
I am so with you on this! It seems thats all we get crammed down our throats anymore from those Bastards in Hollywood. There is no more “entertainment”. Only “product placement”. I, for one, do not go to any movies anymore. Foist not on me.
Why do the artists that bitch the loudest about free downloading get so much radio airplay?
I never saw the original version. But I wanted to see this one mainly because I was recently in Venice, It. I enjoyed the chase scenes through the canals of Venice. Overall I liked the movie.
There was a scene near the beginning that was totally ridiculous. The van goes into icy water with everybody in it, and none of them get hypothermia or even seem to notice that the water is cold. A little while later, they’re sitting around on the snowy shore, soaking wet, and they’re not even shivering. It’s ridiculous.
I guess I’m the only one who thought it was lousy. We went to see it on the strength of “two thumbs up.” The “sense of humor” in the film, which they illustrated with “the real Napster” was snoozola. Ed Norton “seems really evil and vicious”? I thought it seemed like he mailed in his part. “A little love story” and “a little sentiment involving a father”? You gotta be kidding. Cliche after cliche. The ending was transparent immediately after Norton’s character double-crossed them. I want my money back. I’d like to spend it on a film with actual interaction between the characters, if not with an actual plot.
There are plot spoilers in this post, but non worse than Eberts.
So as long as I’m ranting, what’s up with the hightech/lowtech thing? When they steal the safe in Venice, they use paint to mark the spot, being coaxed by someone–“just a little to the left” sort of stuff. Don’t they know about laser markers? For less than a hundred bucks you can buy a gizmo at Ace Hardware that will mark an exact line wherever you want it. For a few bucks more I bet you could get one that would mark a square.
Then there’s the way they get the gold out of the truck. Fabric slides. They can control all the traffic lights in LA but they can’t get a fork-lift for pete’s sake?
I noticed the lack of hypothermia also.
Like I said: “I want my $15 dollars back!” Do you think E & R would send me a refund?
You mean this movie wasn’t a big MINI commercial? No wonder I paid 8 bucks. I loved the character development on the MINIs, but not so much so on Triple Nipple and Ed.
Our dealership rented a theater for Mini Owners to watch the preshowing of the Italian Job.
Normally, I dislike “Hollywood” movies, but this one seemed like a fun, mindless popcorn flick.
The best part was that everytime a Mini appeared on screen, we all cheered.
Yeah, I noticed some parts where things didn’t make sense, but overall it was fun.
Besides, it was great fun to get together with 150 other Mini families!
